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Luka Chitty, who runs Luka’s Barbers in South Street, claims drug users often leave used syringes and even faeces in the alleyway next to his shop.

He says he feels that while there is an active police presence in other parts of the city centre to prevent this kind of behaviour, places like South Street are often ignored.

Luka Chitty has hit out at the council for failing to deal with the issue and believes that South Street is being neglected (Image: Richard Amofa)

Mr Chitty told DevonLive.com: “I opened here on South Street two years ago and the business has done very well – even to the point where we have expanded – but to the right of the shop there’s an alleyway and that’s where a lot of the drug problems are.

“It’s been ongoing for some time. People congregate here to take drugs and often leave paraphernalia on the floor and leave needles lying everywhere.